{{italic title ''Vsya Rossiya'' (literally translated "''All Russia''" or "''The whole Russia''") was the title of a series of directories of the Russian Empire published by

Aleksei Sergeevich Suvorin Aleksei Sergeyevich Suvorin (Russian: Алексей Сергеевич Суворин, 11 September 1834, Korshevo, Voronezh Governorate – 11 August 1912, Tsarskoye Selo) was a Russian newspaper and book publisher and journalist whose publ ...

(and his heirs; Suvorin died in 1912) on a yearly basis from 1895 to 1923 and was continued under the name ''Ves SSSR'' (Literally translated ''All of the USSR'' or ''The whole USSR'') from 1924 to 1931. Each volume was anywhere between 500 and 1500 pages long. The directories contained detailed lists of government offices, public services and medium and large businesses present in major cities across the Russian Empire. These directories are often used by genealogists today to trace family members who were living in pre-revolutionary Russia and the early Soviet period when

vital records Vital records are records of life events kept under governmental authority, including birth certificates, marriage licenses (or marriage certificates), separation agreements, divorce certificates or divorce party and death certificates. In some ...

are missing or prove difficult to find.

Historians A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

use them to research the

social histories Social history, often called the new social history, is a field of history that looks at the lived experience of the past. In its "golden age" it was a major growth field in the 1960s and 1970s among scholars, and still is well represented in his ...

of late 19th century and early 20th century Russia.

The following information can be found in most editions: *a surname index of over 100,000 names and thousands of companies *a directory of prominent landowners *lists members of the

Imperial House of Russia The House of Romanov (also transcribed Romanoff; rus, Романовы, Románovy, rɐˈmanəvɨ) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after the Tsarina, Anastasia Romanova, was married to th ...

and government officials *statistical information about the Russian Empire *population figures *information and guidelines about trade and industry in Russia *lists of joint-stock companies *sub-sections detailing a directory of each district of each province, listing administrative officials, merchants, industrial and commercial manufacturers *original advertising

Availability

Many original directories in the series (or microfiche copies thereof) can be found in libraries across the U.S., Europe (including the Baltic countries, Finland the United Kingdom and Germany) however most only have an incomplete collection.

Other city directories in Russia

Suvorin also published city directories for Saint Petersburg under the title ''

Ves Petersburg Ves Peterburg (/vʲesʲ pʲɪtʲɪrˈburg/; in 1914–1923 Ves Petrograd; in 1924–1940 Ves Leningrad — the annual city directory of Saint Petersburg, Petersburg–Petrograd–Leningrad started in 1894 by Aleksei Sergeevich Suvorin (1834–1912 ...

'' (Literally translated ''All Petersburg'' or ''The Whole Saint Petersburg'') for the years 1894 to 1940 and for Moscow under the title '' Vsia Moskva'' (Literally translated ''All Moscow'' or ''The Whole Moscow'') for the years 1875 to 1936.

External links

A Russian website offering a search engine in Cyrillic for some city directories.
Directories Russian non-fiction books Russian Empire 1895 non-fiction books

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Other city directories in Russia

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